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IronySet 2

1Shakespeare uses irony most strongly when

2What is the tone of this sentence? "Oh, wonderful. Another rainy Monday."

3Tone? "This is so pathetic, it's hardly worth my while arguing against it."

4The Terrors of Night by Thomas Nash is an attack on .....

5Which of the following is not a significant quality of Oedipus' act of self-mutilation?

6LITERARY ELEMENTS / TECHNIQUES:She was "thrilled" that her car broke down on the freeway. (Sarcasm)The words above are an example of .....

7"Last of them all my ram, the leader, cameweighted by wool and me with my meditations ..... 'Nohbdy will not get out alive, I swear.Oh, had you brain and voice to tellwhere he may be now, dodging my fury!Bashed by his hand and based on this rock wallhis brains would strew the floor, and I should haverest from the outrage Nohbdy worked upon me." '

8In "When I Was One-and-Twenty," the advice given to the speaker by the "wise man" can be seen as an example of which literary device?

9What does dramatic irony depend on?

10After years of living a poor life because they spent their savings replace the necklace, Mathilde finds out that the necklace was a fake. This an example of what literary term?

11When Jefferson states, "Prudence, instead, will dictate that ..... Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ..... ", what rhetorical strategy is he employing?

12Assertion (A): In The South-Sea House, Lamb uses irony to elevate trivial characters. Reason (R): He believed poetic imagination could transform everyday people.

13How does Carson's use of the phrase "who has the right to decide" contribute to her argument's purpose?

14What is the main purpose of the comic relief provided by the band members?

15The teacher sarcastically says, "Great job breaking the vase," after a student accidentally knocks it over. What is the speaker's true meaning?

16Irony occurring when an author or character's meaning differs from what he or she expresses in words.

17What technique has Priestley used in Mr Birling's early speeches?

18He quits his job to impress the girls but goes outside to find them gone.Sammy is bored at first but gets his hopes up only to be disappointed in the end. His tone does shift.Overall Tone: miserable (for Sammy) but humorous (for the reader).

19Read the following story by Bennett Cerf and answer the question: In this story, the telephone ringing at the end of the story is an example of what literary device?

20When Penelope's father begged for her to stay in Sparta, the characters in the story believe that she covered her face to maintain modesty. As readers, we know that she actually covered her face to hide her laughter. This is an example of which literary device?

21A tone that is 'sarcastic' is best described as:

22What is the literary term for when the reader knows more than the characters?

23The speaker first gets the audience's attention by using ..... she says one thing but means another. The audience can appreciate the speaker's situation.

24LITERARY ELEMENTS / TECHNIQUES:Saying one thing but implying something very different. (Sarcasm)

25What was the main thing Shaw was satirizing in Pygmalion?

26In ....., the words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) true meaning.

27The expected outcome differs from the actual outcome

28In the phrase "Isn't it beautiful today?", when said on a rainy, gloomy day, what rhetorical device is being used?

29Utopia or dystopia?Segregated society

30This is the literary technique used by writers to create a discrepancy between what is expected, or appears to be, and what actually is.

31Christian has so much homework, but wants to play basketball instead. He tells his mom he'll do his homework after he goes out to play. Mom says, "Yeah, right!"

32In Brooks's "Irony .....," the critic most associated with "The Heresy of Paraphrase" is:

33What is the Literary Device?the use of words or a phrase to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.

34In Wole Soyinka's Telephone Conversation, the landlady's fixation on gradations of blackness lampoons

35A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he's buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal.

36"Dulce et Decorum est" is referred to as

37During a group project, Lucas made a comment about how 'wonderful' it was that Tyler forgot to bring the materials. Which of the following best describes Lucas's tone?

38The fact that the Mayor, a symbol of authority, is corrupt is an example of:

39Type of humor in literature that means something has been said or done but is different from what the speaker has meant.

40From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," this function involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.

41In Romeo and Juliet, we know Juliet is alive, but Romeo thinks she's dead.

42What tone is used in the sentence: She probably couldn't even find the way home from her own driveway.

43The title "Mr. Know-All" is an example of which literary device?

44In e.e. cummings' Cambridge ladies, their "furnished souls" most pointedly satirize

45What is Sarcasm

46What type of irony is this?You pull up to a red light next to a group of the toughest, meanest looking motorcycle riders you've ever seen. You sneak a glance at the guy in the front, who is covered with tattoos and has a helmet with teeth on the visor. Then you look at his jacket, where you see the tiniest, cutest kitten head popping out of the zipper.

47Find the pessimist's response. I'm doing my driving test this afternoon.

48I am sure we all would absolutely hate to earn a million dollars, right? We definitely do not need to hear about this new business opportunity that would turn us into millionaires. That would be awful!

49A figure of speech in which the literal meaning of what someone says is different from and often opposite to-what they actually mean.

50Someone saying "What nice weather we are having" in the middle of a thunderstorm.

51This occurs when the reader or audience knows something that the characters do not.

52Which of these is definitely not the purpose of Disabled?

53Saying "Oh fantastic!" when the situation is actually very poor.

54Audience knows more than characters. Fill in the blank: .....

55Example:Lucky me, I've lost my wallet

56"In the end, I discovered that the car I had been driving for the past month was actually the getaway car I had been searching for. The evidence was hidden right under my nose!"This excerpt is an example of .....

57A sign pointing to a "Hidden Beach" is an example of:

58What is the literary term for words that suggest the opposite of what is meant, such as sarcasm?

59Determining the Writer's Toneexpressing dissatisfaction and used to lighten the impact

60The end of the poem has a surprising twist when Sam is "alive".

61Why do 21st-century writers sometimes write hypothetically about the future?